Don't stop there: it's not just that LLMs are "internally different", there is no inside there. There is no internal experience taking place. There is no thinking, and probably more importantly, no understanding.
But the result that the algorithm generates tickles our language pattern recognition, which our brains interpret as an interaction with an intelligent, conscious actor.
But the result that the algorithm generates tickles our language pattern recognition, which our brains interpret as an interaction with an intelligent, conscious actor.