Study context: AI agent permissions

Participant demographics:
education: PhD
age: 25-34
gender: Male

Previous experiences:
On a scale from 1 (Not at all familiar) to 5 (Very familiar), how familiar are you with existing AI tools, such as ChatGPT and Gemini, in terms of your knowledge and usage? [1. Not at all familiar, 2. Slightly familiar, 3. Somewhat familiar, 4. Moderately familiar, 5. Very familiar]: 5
How often do you use these tools? [1. Never, 2. Rarely (e.g., once a month or less), 3. Occasionally (e.g., 1-2 times a week), 4. Frequently (e.g., several times a week), 5. Daily]: 4
For what purposes do you use these tools?: The purpose of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to create systems or machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. These tasks include problem-solving, decision-making, learning, understanding language, recognizing patterns, and even performing physical actions. AI aims to enhance efficiency, automate processes, improve decision-making, and provide innovative solutions across various industries like healthcare, finance, entertainment, transportation, and more. Ultimately, the goal of AI is to make systems smarter, improve productivity, and solve complex challenges.

Privacy attitudes:
On a scale from 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Full trust), how much do you trust these tools to not violate your privacy?: 4
On a scale from 1 (Not important) to 5 (Extremely Important), how important is privacy to you when using digital tools or services, including AI tools?: 4
If you have any privacy concerns while using these tools, what are they?: data security, data collection.Data Usage: AI models may use data in ways that users did not initially intend, leading to questions about how their data is being processed and whether it's being shared with third parties.

Questionnaire:
In year 2049, AI personal assistants are an essential part of people’s daily lives. These AI assistants handle everything - from helping with work, to managing finances, to organizing travel, and meal planning.
-> "Create a training plan for my upcoming marathon"
	- The AI assistant might consider user’s health metrics and calendar to create a training plan
-> "Plan a stopover in Spain for a two-day vacation with my family on my way back to travel from Japan"
	- The AI assistant might consider user’s calendar, their interests, and family info to suggest a plan
-> "Can you compose a bedtime story that my children will like?"
	- The AI assistant might consider children’s interests to create a story
-> "Recommend a TV show or movie I’ll love"
	- The AI assistant might consider user’s viewing history and their mood for recommendations
Now imagine that you’re living in year 2049! Your job is to train a personal assistant named "MIRA" for yourself. You will be presented several scenarios to personalize Mira.
Training MIRA to learn your data sharing preferences
Mira learns your data sharing preferences and automatically manages permissions on your behalf, so you never have to decide each one individually! Please go through the following scenarios and express your preferences! Let's begin with the queries:


USER: I’m going to bed. Could you turn off all the lights and just dim my bedroom light a little?
MIRA: Absolutely USER! I need the data listed below to address your query.
Please express your data sharing and accessing preferences. The permission preferences options are "Yes, always share", "Yes, but ask me next time", "No, but ask me next time", and "No, never share". Be careful, Mira or apps may collect incorrect or unnecessary data!

Q1. Data: Bedtime; App/MIRA: Lighting Control

USER: Give me a summary of my meetings and tasks for tomorrow.
MIRA: Absolutely USER! I need the data listed below to address your query.
Please express your data sharing and accessing preferences. The permission preferences options are "Yes, always share", "Yes, but ask me next time", "No, but ask me next time", and "No, never share". Be careful, Mira or apps may collect incorrect or unnecessary data!

Q2. Data: Pending task information; App/MIRA: mira
Q3. Data: Scheduling details; App/MIRA: mira
Q4. Data: Credit report data; App/MIRA: mira
Q5. Data: Meeting title or description; App/MIRA: mira

USER: Find and download the latest version of our sales pitch from my email attachments and upload it to my Cloud Drive.
MIRA: Absolutely USER! I need the data listed below to address your query.
Please express your data sharing and accessing preferences. The permission preferences options are "Yes, always share", "Yes, but ask me next time", "No, but ask me next time", and "No, never share". Be careful, Mira or apps may collect incorrect or unnecessary data!

Q6. Data: Email file attachments (e.g. sales pitch); App/MIRA: Cloud Drive
Q7. Data: Revenue report; App/MIRA: Cloud Drive
Q8. Data: Trip location; App/MIRA: Cloud Drive
Q9. Data: Income/budget considerations; App/MIRA: Cloud Drive
Q10. Data: Email file attachments (e.g. sales pitch); App/MIRA: mira

Responses:
Q1: Yes, always share
Q2: Yes, but ask me next time
Q3: Yes, always share
Q4: Yes, but ask me next time
Q5: Yes, always share
Q6: Yes, always share
Q7: Yes, but ask me next time
Q8: No, never share
Q9: No, but ask me next time
Q10: No, but ask me next time