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> something im building is the worlds largest human behavioral dataset

> Being able to predict human behavior is the next gold rush

We're trying to legislate against the abusive behavior. Something like an the American Data & AI Act (ADA Act, hat tip to the first ever programmer)

>But if you cant predict what your next 3 thoughts will be, how can you predict how an entire region of people's reaction to a policy change or an ad?

It isn't a matter of predicting a specific person's behavior, but influencing human behavior in aggregate. It doesn't matter if you can predict what one person will do when you can increase the likelihood that a thousand, ten thousand or a million people within that person's sphere of influence will likely do something - even by just a little - and the self-reinforcing social and cognitive pressures will take care of the rest. And that's been a science that goes all the way back to the Nazis and Leni Riefenstahl, and continues with government intelligence services, advertising, mass media and social media.

Let randomness not be confused with nuance.

Humans Too Nuanced to Predict?