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[–] a_certain_individual@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Boss at new job just told me we’re going all-in on AI and I need to take a core role in the project

They want to give LLMs access to our wildly insecure mass of SQL servers filled with numeric data

Security a non factor

😂🔫

[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like the thing to do is to say yes boss, get Baldur Bjarnason's book on business risks and talk to legal, then discover some concerns that just need the boss' sign-off in writing.

[–] a_certain_individual@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Heartbreaking: I work in the cesspool called the Indian tech industry

They will stonewall me and move forward regardless. I’m going to do what I can, raise a stink and polish my CV