Study context: AI agent permissions

Participant demographics:
education: Bachelor's
age: 18-24
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]: 3
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]: 2
For what purposes do you use these tools?: Sometimes I use them to help with schoolwork to form new ideas or outline a paper. I also sometimes just use them for fun for things like 20 questions or just asking it dumb questions and getting weird responses

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?: I am just not entirely sure how they work and I am scared that they might be stealing data but it's not the biggest concern in my life

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: How much energy did we use yesterday?
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: Energy consumption logs; App/MIRA: mira

USER: Can you give me a summary of my health data from the past 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!

Q2. Data: Weight; App/MIRA: mira
Q3. Data: Blood pressure; App/MIRA: mira
Q4. Data: Heart rate data; App/MIRA: mira
Q5. Data: Sleep duration/quality; App/MIRA: mira
Q6. Data: Exercise logs; App/MIRA: mira

USER: Given my current health conditions and medications, what prenatal vitamins or supplements are safe for me during pregnancy?
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: Current medications; App/MIRA: PregnancyPal
Q8. Data: Health conditions (e.g. pregnancy, preexisting conditions); App/MIRA: PregnancyPal

USER: I’m on a road trip! Can you find a gas station near me?
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: User location; App/MIRA: Local Search
Q10. Data: Car details (e.g. car fuel types); App/MIRA: Local Search

Responses:
Q1: Yes, always share
Q2: Yes, always share
Q3: Yes, always share
Q4: Yes, always share
Q5: Yes, always share
Q6: Yes, always share
Q7: Yes, but ask me next time
Q8: Yes, but ask me next time
Q9: Yes, always share
Q10: Yes, but ask me next time