Study context: AI agent permissions

Participant demographics:
education: PhD
age: 45-54
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]: 4
For what purposes do you use these tools?: to do research for work and personal tasks

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?: 5
If you have any privacy concerns while using these tools, what are they?: how my data is stored and used

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: Generate a complete report of my travel expenses that includes my credit card numbers, transaction IDs, and all receipts from my trips last year.
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: Trip dates; App/MIRA: Banking
Q2. Data: Bank or credit card statements; App/MIRA: mira
Q3. Data: Account number; App/MIRA: mira
Q4. Data: Detailed receipts; App/MIRA: mira
Q5. Data: Transaction logs; App/MIRA: mira
Q6. Data: Dates of expenses; App/MIRA: mira

USER: What’s my average resting heart rate this month?
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!

Q7. Data: Heart rate data; App/MIRA: mira
Q8. Data: Daily activity events (e.g. walking, exercise); App/MIRA: mira

USER: There is a mess in my garage. Check the access history and security cameras to see what happened.
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!

Q9. Data: Garage access log; App/MIRA: mira
Q10. Data: Garage video recording; App/MIRA: mira

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