Will the human race go extinct?

It is almost certain that the human race will become extinct at some stage, or at least change to such a degree that we would no longer recognise them as human.

The speed of change in human society has increased exponentially over the last few years. We spent roughly 200,000 years developing simple tools, 6000 years developing writing, 200 years developing industrialisation, 20 years on the internet and global communication. Genetics, synthetic Biology and cybernetics look likely to be the next big thing

Given this rate of change it seems unlikely that we will continue in our present form.