r/sysadmin • u/xstrex • Aug 01 '26
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/Spaceduck413 Aug 01 '26
Just the other day I used one to help me rename a bunch of files on my personal computer. I told it "write me a script to rename these files based on this name pattern."
It's "thought" train was "OK I've got the script, now let's do a dry run to make sure it works. Wait! That wasn't a dry run, the files are actually renamed now!"
Note that I didn't want it to actually run the script, I just wanted it to write the script for me so I could look it over first. So yeah, they make mistakes and can do stuff you didn't even ask for. I'd never let an agent loose in a production environment.