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The title of the book gives only a partial description of the subject, mainly becausethe meaning of Zearning is variable and indeterminate. Similarly, the meaningo f softc o m ~ ~ tcia~n gch ange quicklya nd unpredictably. Usually, l e a r ~ i nm~ea ns acquiringknowledge about a previously unknown or little known system or concept. Addingthat the knowledge will be acquired from expe~imentadl ata yields the phrase statisticall e ~ r ~ i n'Vg e. r y often, the devices and algorithms that can learn from data arecharacteri~eda s intelligent. The author wants to be cautious by stating that learningis only a part of intelligence, and no definition of intelligence is given here. This issueused to be, and still is, addressed by many other disciplines (notably neuroscience,biology, psychology,a nd philosophy). However, staying firmly in the engineearnindgscience domain, a few comments on the terms intelligent systems or smart machinesare now in order.