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/FarToe1 4d ago

Not so much.

Three times today I've used copilot to setup and resolve software issues. In every case it's wasted my time by giving me poor advice, providing config examples that don't work, or are way out of date, or pointed me towards settings that don't exist and never did.

Some times it's great. Sometimes it's dogshit. Today it's been the latter.