The author is really just talking about something more like a puppet. As you say "p-zombie" sounds smart, but this really has little to do with that.
The p-zombie concept arises in the philosophy of consciousness to explore what difference, if any, consciousness makes in beings that behave like humans. That's not the issue in the OP. The OP is talking about something more like people's volition, rather than their consciousness.
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The author is really just talking about something more like a puppet. As you say "p-zombie" sounds smart, but this really has little to do with that.
The p-zombie concept arises in the philosophy of consciousness to explore what difference, if any, consciousness makes in beings that behave like humans. That's not the issue in the OP. The OP is talking about something more like people's volition, rather than their consciousness.