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Engelbart: Augmenting Human Intellect—A Conceptual Framework

Contribution grade

Human-computer interaction and graphics · FORMALIZATION

Reference score170,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Set out the augmentation-system framework and a research program for direct computer assistance in complex intellectual work.

Scientific scope

The record is Engelbart's sole-author October 1962 SRI report. It remains distinct from the 1968 Engelbart–English NLS paper and demonstration, later interface implementations and claims that the entire augmentation program was already realized.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Engelbart's sole-author October 1962 SRI report. It remains distinct from the 1968 Engelbart–English NLS paper and demonstration, later interface implementations and claims that the entire augmentation program was already realized.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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