Aria Thaker

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[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Now out from behind paywall, my investigation into the private powers behind Aadhaar for @thecaravanindia: https://t.co/bUOpyan8Az

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Bonus: the essay includes the full prompts for two custom GPTs I created for this informal experiment: TS Eliot GPT and Critic Recommender GPT

(4/4)

https://t.co/nelyxA2JVf

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

When your goal is to become well-read, it’s easy to slip into worries that you’re not reading the right books. These anxieties are not new; questions of which books “deserve” to be included in the literary canon, for example, have been around for centuries. (1/4)

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Read more in my essay “Tradition and the Individual GPT,” where I explore these issues through a simple hypothetical: would ChatGPT have helped me learn English literature if I had access to it as a college student? (3/4)

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

The full prompts for both custom GPTs can be found on my Github repository for Training the Replacement's prompts, here: https://t.co/VRRzdcLqy1

I'll be keeping this prompt library repo updated with each Substack post.

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

The second custom GPT is Critic Recommender - Literary Influence Analysis, which recommends the "most relevant" critic to discuss a particular literary work. Use it here:

https://t.co/IG8NTUH7Qr

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Most TTR essays will discuss at least one original LLM prompt. This essay features two custom GPTs.

The first is TS Eliot - Literary Influence Mapping, which maps relationships between literary works, inspired by Eliot's famous essay. Use it here:

https://t.co/jCpVtQ0I4I

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Hi everyone, it's been a while! I've just started a Substack dedicated to essays on how generative AI is reshaping writing, media, and society. Here's the first post, a long read on whether ChatGPT is a useful guide to English literature:

https://t.co/nelyxA3hKN

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

have fallen down a katmai fat bear week rabbit hole. the july-september transition photos of Otis in 2021 are unreal
https://t.co/U1S3T9vNHh

for this year's competition, 747 Chunk's looking like an absolute unit (~1,400 lbs, per the NYT)
https://t.co/7z81vVYBUD

[A happier day @AHappierDay]

Meet Otis, the 2021 champion and four times winner of "Fat Bear Week" at Alaska's Katmai National Park.

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Quora questions will be like "Did Osama bin Laden have a high IQ?"

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Being a hummingbird would suck tbh. Imagine only being able to eat while you're doing intense cardio

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Revealing such information via the RTI process is such difficult and vital work. Kudos as always to the Internet Freedom Foundation @internetfreedom

[Apar Gupta @apar1984]

Yesterday @internetfreedom revealed the Aarogya Setu Privacy Protocol was discontinued highetening concern that personal data may be stored in perpetuity. Based RTI work in which IFF files close to 400 applications a year and take them to the CIC putting in years of work. 1/4

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Loved @TheOrville this week. Sets up Gordon's character arc (family vs time) interestingly alongside Ed's (family vs politics). I wonder if, later this season, Gordon will stay as accepting of Ed and Kelly's decision as he was at the end of this episode. I'd guess not.

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

What an absolute hell to endure. And what absolute bravery of Marlena Stell to share her story in the hopes of changing some minds. The rollback of abortion rights means so many doctors will put women in dangerous, traumatic situations like this.

[Marlena Stell @MarlenaStell]

I wanted my baby. My husband and I have tried for years. I got pregnant in august 2021 and then miscarried. My body doesn’t naturally expel so I needed a D&C. I was denied one because my doctor was worried about the laws here in Texas. I waited for 2 WEEKS carrying my loss while

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

@PranavDixit @BuzzFeedNews So exciting, Pranav! Many congratulations!!

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

@ConnorKenaston @UVA_History Congratulations Connor!!!

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Devang Thakkar appreciation tweet.

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Caitlin Reilly is incredible: https://t.co/K8fLDrMGNv

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

An illuminating thread about how Facebook’s ad platform favors the BJP and BJP surrogates in India. Difficult to overstate the importance of this investigation

[Kumar Sambhav @Kum_Sambhav]

This is a thread on how Facebook's ad platform undercut political competition in the world's largest democracy. By giving a leg up to the ruling BJP. I explain here the findings of our year-long investigation. Please stay with me. I promise some entertainment too in the end. (1)

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

@ananth_sethuram @theaerogram None worth their salt would resort to bigotry like you (“Dalits are crypto Christians”). But there are frauds in every profession, and just like I’d never assume all Twitter users are as moronic as you, the existence of some bigoted historians does not mean academia is corrupt

[Aria Thaker @ariathak]

Will be interesting to see how much of this reporting (from 2018) remains relevant the next time California’s history curriculum is up for public comment.

[The Caravan @thecaravanindia]

.@ariathak’s report on the battle over depictions of South Asian history, culture and society in Californian textbooks, spearheaded by the Hindu American Foundation and an affiliate of the Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh.

From February 2018: https://t.co/gp2eXegIim