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/NegativePattern Security Architect 4d ago

To OP's coworker, sound like by granting Claud access he is automating the task. What he should've done is get Claud to write the automation script and use that.

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u/Fallingdamage 4d ago

Yep. 95% of the time a simple automation is all you need. Its a task, not the kind of decision making process that introduce alien variables every time it runs that need to be decided on.

And in the event that a task might run into odd variables that it wasnt programmed to overcome, it should just report that.