Is 'level one chaos', as Yuval Noah Harari describes, a real concept in chaos theory?

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In Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, it is mentioned that

Chaotic systems come in two shapes. Level one chaos is chaos that does not react to predictions about it. The weather, for example, is a level one chaotic system... Level two chaos is chaos that reacts to predictions about it, and therefore can never be predicted. Markets, for example, are a level two chaotic system.

In the field of chaos theory, are 'level one' and 'level two' chaotic systems real descriptors? I could not find any information about such labels aside from a few blogposts. Or, did Harari make up his own descriptions and use chaos theory jargon to justify it?

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It looks to me as though Harari is confused by the distinction between actual observables and models for the evolution of observables. Typically there are no deterministic models for the real world despite the many models in the form of difference or differential or integral equations.