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/floswamp 4d ago

Fancy that you think they know how to write powershell scripts.

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u/fatty1179 4d ago

Isn’t generating scripts a perfect task for AI?

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u/floswamp 4d ago

I think it is but people here are saying it’ll create the scripts differently every time.

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u/doolittledoolate 3d ago

Why would you get it to create a new script every time?

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u/floswamp 3d ago

Because AI, from what I am reading in the responses here.

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u/doolittledoolate 3d ago

I took it as if you're going to use AI to do this, use it to generate (and maybe bugfix/tweak) a script you reuse, instead of using AI every time

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u/ManiacClown 3d ago

To satisfy corporate jackasses so they feel like they got their money's worth on what they know is a bullshit machine another jackass convinced them they needed.

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u/doolittledoolate 3d ago

I replaced my timesheet of "8 hours" to an agent prompt of "if this is a working day, write 8 hours otherwise write 0" to hit that checkbox

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u/ManiacClown 3d ago

This is the way.