Xavier Oberson

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Xavier Oberson is a leading legal scholar whose pioneering research sits at the intersection of tax law, artificial intelligence, and labor economics. Best known for his groundbreaking work on the taxation of robots and artificial intelligence, Oberson has fundamentally shaped academic and policy debates surrounding how legal systems should adapt to the rise of automation in the workforce. His most influential contribution, "Taxing Robots? From the Emergence of an Electronic Ability to Pay to a Tax on Robots or the Use of Robots" (2017, 65 citations), was among the first serious academic treatments of extending legal and fiscal personality to robotic entities — a concept that has since captured the attention of policymakers worldwide, including the European Parliament. His subsequent book *Taxing Robots* (2019) synthesized these ideas into a comprehensive framework, arguing that robot taxation represents a viable mechanism for offsetting the erosion of taxable labor income caused by automation. His 2021 work further refined the conceptual architecture of AI as an emerging taxpayer category. Oberson's scholarship is notable not only for its intellectual originality but for its practical urgency, offering concrete legal solutions to one of the most pressing economic challenges of the twenty-first century.