Philosophical Zombie

A thought experiment from philosophy of mind: a being that looks and acts exactly like a person but has no inner experience at all.

• Ep 2 — Did science fiction invent our future? (13:43–14:41): Rob explains the concept to Caitlin and uses it as an analogy for large language models: they do "human things" they've observed through a ton of math, making them "statistically human-ish" without experiencing emotion.