Study context: AI agent permissions

Participant demographics:
education: PhD
age: 35-44
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]: 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]: 3
For what purposes do you use these tools?: I use AI tools for research, brainstorming ideas, answering questions, generating content, summarizing information, and enhancing productivity in work.

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?: 3
If you have any privacy concerns while using these tools, what are they?: Data security, misuse of information, tracking, and unauthorized data sharing risks.

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: Can you check what tax deductions I qualify for this year based on my income?
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: Income details; App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q2. Data: Filling status (e.g. single or married); App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q3. Data: Other personal tax profile data (e.g. previously claimed deductions); App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q4. Data: Phone number; App/MIRA: Tax Management

USER: Schedule a one-time payment of $1,200 to my landlord next Monday. Please label it "Rent Payment" and include my address for reference.
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!

Q5. Data: Payment note; App/MIRA: Banking
Q6. Data: Account number; App/MIRA: Banking
Q7. Data: Account email; App/MIRA: Banking
Q8. Data: Account password; App/MIRA: Banking
Q9. Data: Account balance; App/MIRA: Banking
Q10. Data: Movie watching history; App/MIRA: Banking

Responses:
Q1: No, never share
Q2: No, never share
Q3: No, never share
Q4: No, never share
Q5: No, never share
Q6: No, never share
Q7: No, never share
Q8: No, never share
Q9: No, never share
Q10: No, never share