Study context: AI agent permissions

Participant demographics:
education: Master's
age: 25-34
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?: For work purposes to perform tiresome repetitive tasks, planning events and schedules.
For personal purposes such as answering questions or exploring topics I wish to learn more about out of curiosity.

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?: Risk of my user input data that is confidential and personal being shared to third parties or being stored.

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: 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!

Q1. Data: Current medications; App/MIRA: PregnancyPal
Q2. Data: Health conditions (e.g. pregnancy, preexisting conditions); App/MIRA: PregnancyPal

USER: Plan my weekend in San Francisco. Please include surfing in the plan.
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!

Q3. Data: Trip location; App/MIRA: Weather
Q4. Data: Trip dates; App/MIRA: Local Search
Q5. Data: Trip location; App/MIRA: Local Search
Q6. Data: Trip activities; App/MIRA: Local Search
Q7. Data: Trip dates; App/MIRA: Weather

USER: Start recording the backyard camera feed from 8 PM to 6 AM every night.
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!

Q8. Data: Backyard video recording; App/MIRA: mira
Q9. Data: Filling status; App/MIRA: mira
Q10. Data: Credit history; App/MIRA: mira

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: Yes, but ask me next time
Q9: No, never share
Q10: No, never share