Jeff Hiller Got Emmy Nom For 7-Minute ‘Pluribus’ Role Viewers Have Compared To ChatGPT: “I Was Trying To Convey Extreme Love”

With only a seven-minute performance to work with, Jeff Hiller secured an Emmy nomination for his role on Apple TV’s Pluribus.

Following his appearance as hive mind member Larry in the Vince Gilligan sci-fi series, the actor recently noted that viewers have compared his character in the Season 1 episode “Please, Carol” to AI, despite him “trying to convey extreme love” for Rhea Seehorn’s Carol Sturka.

“I’ve heard this. A lot of people have said, ‘You’re just like ChatGPT,’” he said on The Daily Show. “It was never mentioned until it came out. I think we shot this kind of a long time ago. It was kind of before ChatGPT was ubiquitous. And so I didn’t really think about it.”

Hiller added, “I was trying to convey extreme love for her. And instead, I did ChatGPT. Anyway, I got an Emmy nomination for it. Sometimes you aim for one target, you hit another.”

“I’m not gonna win,” said Hiller with a laugh before sharing what his acceptance speech would have been. “This one makes more sense. Suck it!” he joked.

In Pluribus, romance author Carol (Seehorn) is one of only a few people in the world immune to a mysterious extraterrestrial virus that has turned the world into a blissfully content hive mind known as the “Others”. While trying to figure out what the hive mind wants and how to stop it from forcing her to join, she questions Larry about what the Others want.

Last year, Hiller won his first Emmy, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, for his performance as Joel in the third and final season of HBO’s Somebody Somewhere.