Jesse James is a Canadian rock climber, disruptive technology pioneer, artificial intelligence developer, author and adventurer. His interests include transhumanism, information theory, ecological economics, epistemology, artificial general intelligence, cryptography, social and evolutionary psychology, emerging technologies, quantum physics, cosmology and molecular genetics. Jesse holds a theoretical physics PhD. from Stanford and served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Force. Jesse's athletic hobbies include rock climbing, mountaineering, and Krav Maga. Currently, Jesse resides in Squamish, British Columbia.