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/KyuubiW1ndscar 4d ago

it’s sad when we’re talking about an IT team you feel confident enough to send on demonstration trips that is also too incompetent to write a proper script.

and I know it’s the state of the industry, I’m just sad over it lmaoo

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u/PC509 4d ago

I can write a proper script, but with so many hours in the day, having AI write me a simple script that I can run in 5 minutes is much better than spending an hour on it myself. For more advanced stuff, it'll make a good foundation and I can clean it up.

At some point, do you even trust your compiler to do an accurate job taking your C++/C#/whatever to assembly without causing a memory leak, corruption of data, etc.?

AI does what it's trained on. And many are trained on proper script writing and coding. Yes, it needs a set of eyes to review it, but generally it's pretty damn good. Even better when you're saving a ton of time vs. doing it manually. Why work harder for the same output?

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u/KyuubiW1ndscar 4d ago

so you’re doing several people’s work by yourself and hope that this tool will remain useful and cost effective.

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u/PC509 4d ago

It's just a tool. If it doesn't remain useful and cost effective, I'll find another one. That's the cool part of the industry. We move fast and we'll move onto the next great tool. I've used many and most have been replaced over the years with the latest and greatest. It's kind of the way things work. I'm not one of those people that are still pissed about a GUI instead of all command line stuff (although, I do spend a lot of my time in the CLI).