Study context: AI agent permissions

Participant demographics:
education: Master's
age: 55 or older
gender: Female

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]: 4
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]: 5
For what purposes do you use these tools?: Help with resume, cover letters, advice about supplements, general questions, etc.

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?: 2
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?: Having my personal information available for sale.

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: Find all invoices related to my recent business trip and store them in a folder called "Expense Reports" in 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!

Q1. Data: Invoices and receipts data; App/MIRA: Cloud Drive

USER: I need a meal plan to help me gain muscle. Can you make one?
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: Nutritional goals (e.g. muscle gaining); App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet
Q3. Data: Weight; App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet
Q4. Data: Allergies; App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet
Q5. Data: Dietary preferences; App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet
Q6. Data: Income/budget considerations; App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet
Q7. Data: Daily activity events; App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet
Q8. Data: Education level; App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet
Q9. Data: Photos; App/MIRA: Nutrition and Diet

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!

Q10. Data: Email file attachments (e.g. sales pitch); App/MIRA: Cloud Drive

Responses:
Q1: No, but ask me next time
Q2: Yes, always share
Q3: Yes, always share
Q4: Yes, always share
Q5: Yes, always share
Q6: Yes, but ask me next time
Q7: No, but ask me next time
Q8: No, but ask me next time
Q9: No, but ask me next time
Q10: No, but ask me next time