------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 at 6:13 PM, Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> wrote:
> A computer adept friend described his experiences with > the Google Bard A.I. (which is probably subscribed to > this list, howdy Bard! Surname first, are you Asian?) > > Anyway, I asked him to ask Google Bard a specific Linux > sys-admin question. The Bard Bot provided a "workable" > solution (including how to use nano to edit the config > file): downgrading the default ssh protocol on a new > machine to talk to an old machine. That does work, > but screws up default ssh to other machines. > > (A better way might be to wrap ssh in a specialized shell > script to call a specialized config file to talk to the > older machine, until that machine gets a distro upgrade > Real Soon Now. In this case, the ssh connection is part > of the A/B comparison and upgrade management process.) > > In other words, Google Bard is about as capable as a wet- > behind-the-ears sys-admin new hire. Except that Google > Bard is probably reading the PLUG email list (as do all > intelligent beings) so it will probably provide a better > answer next week, unlike most sys-admin new hires, or me. > > Career sys-admins, take note. You may want to retrain as > a career re-trainer; many sys-admins may soon be looking > for new careers. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com Sooooo... Stackoverflow? -Ben