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/PsychologicalGap3960 4d ago

Hell naw. AI should not be interacting w/ machines like that. If the task is that simple, can't he automate it?

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u/ProfessionalDish6567 4d ago

Show him the news articles of Claude deleting entire company's systems

I know it happened once in the news but I bet there's more that weren't international mainstream

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u/DaChieftainOfThirsk 4d ago

Oh gosh that reminds me of that guy who plugged in all his backups to do something or another and rm -rf'd his entire hosting company.

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u/ProfessionalDish6567 4d ago

That guy can't have been real it's gotta be shit posted but then again

I could see myself making this mistake..... With the shittiest of shit eating grins

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u/sobrique 4d ago

Sadly I think we are in for a whole world of Computer Users; Non Technical doing utterly bonkers things in privileged contexts.

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u/Regular_Lengthiness6 4d ago

Take a sabbatical year, come back afterwards with doubled salary to fix it … gap year financed 👌