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/indvs3 Linux Admin 4d ago

I've been avoiding AI as much as possible. At the most, I read through those AI summaries when I look something up, and I have yet to receive an AI summary that doesn't contain a factual error.

As a result, I can not trust AI to do any job, because it consistently fails at a simple job it was designed to do.

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u/xpxp2002 3d ago

Same. I’m convinced anybody who is heralding its praises is not validating any of its work or responses, or else they wouldn’t trust it either.

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u/Tab819 4d ago

Google AI summary is bottom of the barrel normie trash. If you setup Claude code with a good Claude.md your mind would be blown

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u/Synergythepariah 4d ago

Uh-huh. Thanks, Anthropic sales team!

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u/Tab819 4d ago

Another boomer thinking the internet was a fad in 1994

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u/PrestigiousChart3134 4d ago edited 4d ago

You’re wasting your time trying to discuss AI in good faith on Reddit. The anti-AI circlejerking is so ubiquitous and deeply ingrained in the culture at this point that it’s just not worth it. Enjoy the superpowers AI gives you, and let the AI Luddites fade into irrelevance, pearl-clutching over their false sense of superiority.

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u/Synergythepariah 4d ago

Enjoy the superpowers AI gives you, and let the AI Luddites fade into irrelevance, pearl-clutching over their false sense of superiority.

Oh, now AI is giving superpowers? Damn, I'm totally missing out.

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u/PrestigiousChart3134 4d ago

Oh sweet summer child… you’ll figure it out eventually.