Intent-Adaptive Implicit Permission Decision for Generative AI: A Lightweight Framework for Background Intent Inference, Contextual Memory Isolation, and User-Governed Adaptive Authorization
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Persistent memory has become an increasingly important component of generative artificial intelligence (AI), enabling large language models (LLMs) to retain information across conversations and provide contextually personalized assistance. However, the growing availability of persistent user information introduces a fundamental challenge: even when users can configure which memories an AI system is permitted to access, manually establishing and modifying these permissions across different conversational situations may impose unnecessary interaction costs. A user may establish an appropriate memory configuration for academic research, yet subsequently initiate a programming task, a personal discussion, or a conversation requiring temporary contextual isolation. Requiring users to explicitly configure memory permissions for every such transition can undermine the practical usability of otherwise comprehensive memory-governance mechanisms. This paper proposes Intent-Adaptive Implicit Permission Decision (IAIPD), a conceptual framework that enables generative AI systems to infer the likely operational intent of an ongoing conversation through lightweight background analysis and use that inference to recommend or apply appropriate memory-isolation configurations within previously established user authorization boundaries. Rather than requiring users to repeatedly select memory categories, activate profiles, or manually modify conversation-level permissions, IAIPD introduces an intent-sensitive decision layer between conversational interpretation and memory authorization enforcement. The framework comprises six principal mechanisms: Lightweight Intent Recognition, Contextual Permission Mapping, Implicit Permission Recommendation, Bounded Automatic Permission Adaptation, User-Controlled Decision Escalation, and Continuous Permission Enforcement. A central distinction is established between inferred conversational intent and actual authorization. Intent inference may identify which memory configuration is likely to be appropriate, but it does not independently grant the system unrestricted permission to access additional user information. Automatic permission adaptation is therefore constrained by previously authorized profiles, explicit policy rules, least-privilege principles, and user-defined automation boundaries. When confidence is insufficient or a proposed change would exceed the user's established authorization, the system must request confirmation rather than silently expanding access. The paper further develops a formal model for intent estimation, permission-state transitions, authorization constraints, decision confidence, and adaptive configuration costs. It proposes an architecture compatible with User-Controlled Adaptive Memory Configuration (UCAMC), previously introduced by the author, positioning IAIPD as a complementary mechanism that reduces the operational burden of explicit permission management without replacing user authority. To the best of the author's knowledge, this paper presents the first dedicated conceptual framework specifically integrating lightweight intent-adaptive implicit permission decision-making with user-governed persistent memory configuration in generative AI conversations. This priority claim is restricted to the defined architectural combination and does not imply that intent-based access control, context-aware authorization, or runtime privacy permissions have not previously been studied. The framework is conceptual and testable. No implemented system, experimental performance improvement, or empirical usability result is claimed. Its purpose is to establish a new research direction for reducing repetitive permission interactions while preserving user autonomy, contextual privacy, and enforceable memory isolation.
Author: Zhang, Jincheng
Language: English
Topic: Access Control and Trust
Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225733755
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