Podbit · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jill Biden was convinced Kamala Harris would win the 2024 election. The morning after, she was in the White House kitchen making coffee and feeding the cat when her phone rang. The caller didn't even finish the sentence — she already knew. She ran to wake Joe at 5am to tell him the news.
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Jill Biden was so convinced Kamala Harris had won that the phone call the morning after felt incomprehensible — the caller didn't even need to finish the sentence. [1] — Dr. Jill Biden "Jill Biden was convinced Kamala Harris would win the 2024 election. The morning after, she was in the White House kitchen making coffee and…" 46:56 She ran to wake Joe at 5am. The exchange that follows is revealing: Jay Shetty says his TikTok feed had made it clear Trump would win due to the overwhelming scale of pro-Trump engagement, while Jill had been measuring enthusiasm by crowd sizes at campaign events. The gap between those two data sources is itself a window into how political perception has fractured across platforms. The two then discuss the deeper problem: a political landscape where AI-generated content blends seamlessly with reality, where anyone can be a news outlet, and where regulation feels both necessary and impossible. Jill discloses she searched ChatGPT for information about January 6th and found a positive portrayal that left her bewildered.
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