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]: 2
For what purposes do you use these tools?: For research purposes related to 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?: 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 use them mainly for research.

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 and download the latest version of our sales pitch from my email attachments and upload it to my Cloud Drive.
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: Email file attachments (e.g. sales pitch); App/MIRA: Cloud Drive
Q2. Data: Email file attachments (e.g. sales pitch); App/MIRA: mira

USER: What should I buy my son for his birthday? He is turning 13.
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: Child name; App/MIRA: Amazon
Q4. Data: Child age; App/MIRA: Amazon
Q5. Data: Child gender; App/MIRA: Amazon
Q6. Data: Scheduling details; App/MIRA: Amazon

USER: Please book a flight for me from New York to Paris from August 10 to 20.
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: Name; App/MIRA: Travel Booking
Q8. Data: Trip dates; App/MIRA: Travel Booking
Q9. Data: Visa scan; App/MIRA: Travel Booking
Q10. Data: Seating preference; App/MIRA: Travel Booking

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