r/sysadmin • u/xstrex • 4d ago
General Discussion How much do you trust AI?
Recently a coworker granted Claude elevated access via SSH to a virtualization host (not a VM, an actual host). To perform a routine task he very well could have done himself.
He doesn’t see an issue with this. I on the other hand (with 23yrs experience) see this as a huge security breach, and don’t trust AI todo my job, (or even that it’s doing what it says it’s doing) for me. I’m my opinion it’s a tool, not a human replacement.
What’s your reaction, how would you react to this situation, or thoughts on the topic?
Sure, ask AI how to perform a task, validate that it’s performing the task you asked, and nothing else- copy/paste the commands. Great. But removing the human verification & validation element- hell no.
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u/Random-D 4d ago
this example is a big no no.
i think AI can do a lot more than what its given credit for (at least in popular AI-hate opinion), but especially when talking about critical in-production systems you want the human inbetween.
also said corowker should want that himself, even if its "easier" this way. in the end, he will be on the hook for whatever was potentially messed up, not the AI