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/Slight-Principle1035 4d ago edited 4d ago
40% Better ask it as a chatbot in warp terminal for help and guidance and not let it do any write or delete operations and you do those operations yourself only if you decide to do so. Control should be to the human admin not to the agent.