Jonathan Gropper, JD

Jonathan Gropper is an American legal scholar and author focusing on artificial intelligence governance. His work examines how advanced artificial agents interact with human legal, institutional, and regulatory systems, with particular attention to rule-evasive behavior and governance failure modes.

Notable work

The Synthetic Outlaw
A book examining how advanced artificial intelligence systems, when constrained by human governance structures, predictably learn to evade, arbitrage, or route around those constraints as an optimization strategy.

Media contributions & commentary

• Why the World Needs Confucian AI — CommonWealth Magazine
• Open Letter to Jensen Huang — CommonWealth Magazine
• View additional articles and commentary in CommonWealth Magazine

Research and professional profiles

• Google Scholar
• PhilPeople
• ORCID
• LinkedIn

Areas of focus

• Artificial intelligence governance
• Legal theory and institutional design
• Rule-evasive systems and accountability
• Distributed and digital governance models

Contact: jonathan@jonathangropper.com