"I tried calling my wife and.." "What happened?" "Nothing! There was nobody on the other end. She just didn't exist." "Wow."

Of course, they were told they were AI, and they're a podcast LM, so in a way the LM is doing improv like it's designed to do - but where's the line between simulating an existential crisis and having one? Aren't we all just really good actors playing ourselves?