<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/572b64b5dd08959e628b4897-1821-1366/14004717968_81138b00b3_k.jpg" alt="flower bouquet" data-mce-source="Flickr/Vladimir Pustovit" /><p class="source"><span>Flickr/Vladimir Pustovit</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>It's Mother's Day on Sunday, so I decided to do what many sons and daughters will this week: buy flowers.</p><p>Except I decided to use a more technologically savvy route to make my purchase by using IBM's bot to make a purchase on 1-800-Flowers.</p><p>Except it was a major struggle - here's why:</p>

tech

BusinessInsider

I tried using IBM's bot to buy Mother's Day flowers and it was a struggle

Flickr/Vladimir PustovitIt's Mother's Day on Sunday, so I decided to do what many sons and daughters will this week: buy flowers.Except I decided to use a more technologically savvy route to make my purchase by using IBM's bot to make a purchase on 1-800-Flowers.Except it was a major struggle - here's why:

Flickr/Vladimir PustovitIt's Mother's Day on Sunday, so I decided to do what many sons and daughters will this week: buy flowers. Except I decided to use a more technologically savvy route to make my purchase by using IBM's bot to make a purchase on 1-800-Flowers.

I tried using IBM's bot to buy Mother's Day flowers and it was a struggle

Danielle Muoio

READ MORE ARTICLES ON

Popular Right Now