Robots replacing humans in the workforce is no longer a futuristic theory reserved for sci-fi thrillers and chats amongst alleged cyber geeks.

DJI has unveiled a new, fold-up drone that can be controlled with a wave of your hand. The 999 Mavic Pro is equipped with Gesture Mode and a 12-megapixel camera, allowing it to find you and snap a hands-free selfie without touching the remote. The compact drone folds up to roughly the size of a water bottle and can fly up to eight miles at a time – and with the immersive DJI Goggles, users can get a first-person view of the flight. DJI has unveiled a new, fold-up drone that can be controlled with a wave of your hand. Mavic Pro can be guided using a controller, smartphone, or even gestures.

Directed by speculative architect Liam Young, In the Robot Skies claims to be the first narrative fiction film shot entirely by autonomous, pre-programmed drones. But the lack of human camera operators is more than just a headline grabbing gimmick. The film, which premieres in October at the London Film Festival, revolves around an age-old love story set in a near-future police state where the drones themselves play an integral role. Young and fiction author Tim Maughan imagined the story to explore the "drone as a cultural object" -- one that can be both oppressive and liberating as it eventually breeds new urban subcultures. While the film may not be the first drone-shot sci-fi flick, some of the themes are strikingly close to becoming reality.

Having established that we are light years away from full artificial intelligence, and that true A.I. is an inevitable part of the present and future -- now what? What should we concern ourselves with next? Like any transformative technology, A.I. carries risks and presents challenges along several dimensions, with the most complex and urgent issue being its liability and accountability. While science fiction has focused on the existential threat of A.I. to humans, researchers at Google's parent company, Alphabet, and those from Amazon, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft are teaming up to focus on the ethical challenges that A.I. will bring. People with knowledge on A.I. are no longer worried about the kind of scenarios where machines take over the world in doomsday fashion.

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DJI Technology Co. is coming after GoPro in the drone game. The Chinese company, which is one of the hottest up-and-coming players in the drone industry, announced the Mavic Pro Tuesday. The foldable, portable drone camera is meant to compete GoPro's soon to be released Karma. DJI's Mavic Pro is available for pre-order now and will ship out on Oct. 15. The GoPro Karma will be available starting Oct. 23.

It's been quite the season for drone enthusiasts, with not one but two reasonably priced folding drones you can stash in a backpack arriving this month alone. Last week saw the release of the much-anticipated GoPro Karma. Not to be out-droned, market leader DJI announced the Mavic Pro, which folds up into a cute little rectangle. It's got the features you'd expect from DJI, including a 4K camera stabilized by a 3-axis gimbal and the company's handy automated flight features like collision-avoidance, TapFly, and precision hovering. You can even control this whirlybird with gestures and snap hands-free selfies as it hovers overhead. Flight time is 27 minutes, and can exceed 40 mph in "Sport" mode.

The top civilian drone maker's latest model is small enough to slip into purses and controllable with just a smartphone. The Mavic Pro represents a significant leap for Chinese start-up DJI, whose Phantom and Inspire offerings dominate the camera drone market. The unveiling of the Mavic Pro on Tuesday, a week after action camera maker GoPro released its Karma drone and a month after Chinese rival Yuneec's launch of its Breeze, sets up a holiday shopping showdown. The drones still carry price tags likely to intimidate to most consumers -- from 500 to 1,200. But with simplified flying controls and slimmer bodies compared with earlier models, the quadcopters are edging away from their enthusiasts-only roots toward a future as mass consumer devices.

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GoPro Inc. GPRO -3.85 % 's new Karma drone isn't on sale yet, but it already has a nemesis, the Mavic Pro--a new quadcopter introduced on Tuesday by SZ DJI Technology Co., the Chinese company that has risen to dominance in the consumer drone space. Both drones are small enough to carry in a backpack, both feature foldable propeller arms, and both connect to 4K cameras. But they have some differences in capabilities and price. The Mavic Pro has a built-in camera and will sell for 1,000. GoPro will sell its Karma drone for 799, but cameras are sold separately.