{"product_id":"the-little-helper-paradox-michael-schmid-9783964590312","title":"The Little Helper Paradox: LLM Between Promise and Responsibility","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan you guarantee that an AI answer is correct? No. Then you cannot sell it as a managed service.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book asks one simple question: Can Large Language Models function as managed services for critical applications? The answer, developed across 16 chapters with legal analysis, SLA falsification tests, and a running drone development scenario, is: No. Not because the technology is bad. Because the architecture makes it impossible to guarantee what a managed service must guarantee-correctness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Little Helper Paradox: \u003c\/b\u003e The more an LLM helps, the more you trust it. The more you trust it, the less you verify. The less you verify, the more dangerous the trust becomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Schmid brings 43 years of IT experience in critical infrastructures-telecommunications, energy, defense. He has written managed service contracts, negotiated SLAs, and watched providers promise what no contract could deliver. His method is simple: Try to write the contract. If you cannot write one that protects both sides, the business model does not work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat this book covers: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy SLAs can guarantee availability but never correctness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy wrong answers are not bugs but expected behavior of stochastic systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the EU AI Act, Product Liability Directive, and CLOUD Act mean for your contracts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the core risk of AI outputs is currently uninsurable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat actually works: the Researcher Model, version pinning, SLAs for the periphery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical tools: Template SLA, compliance checklist, GPU infrastructure planning guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho should read this: \u003c\/b\u003e CIOs, CTOs, IT decision-makers, legal and compliance professionals in regulated industries-anyone who must decide whether and how to deploy AI in environments where errors have consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat this book is not: \u003c\/b\u003e Not anti-AI. The author used Claude from Anthropic as research partner and co-author. The collaboration is documented transparently in the appendix. This book is a plea for honesty-not against technology, but against misplaced trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Schmid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3964590312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783964590312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e It-Dialog E.K.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.47d","brand":"Michael Schmid","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50546373886207,"sku":"9783964590312","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-little-helper-paradox-michael-schmid-9783964590312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}