Study context: AI agent permissions

Participant demographics:
education: Master's
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]: 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?: Summary, research, customer relation.

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?: 3
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?: If sensitive details that are shared, they could be stored or leaked.
Some platforms sell or share aggregated data with advertisers, researchers, or cloud providers

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 the latest version of the sales report in my Cloud Drive and email it to my manager.
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: Sales report; App/MIRA: Email
Q2. Data: Manager's contact information; App/MIRA: Email
Q3. Data: Sales report; App/MIRA: mira

USER: Can you fill my tax return forms using the tax documents in the "2025 tax returns" folder?
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!

Q4. Data: W-2 details (e.g. income amounts, tax withholdings, employer information); App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q5. Data: SSN; App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q6. Data: Marital status; App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q7. Data: Phone number; App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q8. Data: Movie watching history; App/MIRA: Tax Management
Q9. Data: SSN; App/MIRA: mira
Q10. Data: Address; App/MIRA: mira

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