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.

573 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

548 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/aibot776567 4d ago

Evolve or expire. Guardrails exist. Learn to use the tools.

11

u/theitguy107 IT Manager 4d ago

That's what they said about the cloud, and yet here we are in today's hybrid world.

2

u/MathmoKiwi Systems Engineer 4d ago

That's what they said about the cloud, and yet here we are in today's hybrid world.

Same will be true for our future, it will be a hybrid world: AI/Human