implemented ugly workaround

app.py

@@ -39,17 +39,29 @@ with gr.Blocks() as iface:
     def user(user_message, history):
         return "", history + [[user_message, None]]
 
+    # this is an ugly workaround, you cannot pass regular integers to gradio functions, so i had to do it this way
+    def bot0(history):
+        bot_message = generateAIMessage(history, 0)
+        history[-1][1] = bot_message
+        return history
+
+    def bot1(history):
+        bot_message = generateAIMessage(history, 1)
+        history[-1][1] = bot_message
+        return history
+
+    def bot2(history):
+        bot_message = generateAIMessage(history, 2)
+        history[-1][1] = bot_message
+        return history
+
+    def bot3(history):
+        bot_message = generateAIMessage(history, 3)
+        history[-1][1] = bot_message
+        return history
 
-    def bot(history):
-        characterId = 0
-        j = 0
-        while j < len(chatbot):
-            print(chatbot[j])
-            print(history)
-            if chatbot[j] == history:
-                characterId = j
-            j += 1
-        bot_message = generateAIMessage(history, characterId)
+    def bot4(history):
+        bot_message = generateAIMessage(history, 4)
         history[-1][1] = bot_message
         return history
 
@@ -71,11 +83,21 @@ with gr.Blocks() as iface:
         )
         return completion.choices[0].message.content
 
-    i = 0
-    while i < len(msg):
-        msg[i].submit(user, [msg[i], chatbot[i]], [msg[i], chatbot[i]], queue=False).then(
-            bot, chatbot[i], chatbot[i]
-        )
-        i += 1
+    # again, ugly workaround
+    msg[0].submit(user, [msg[0], chatbot[0]], [msg[0], chatbot[0]], queue=False).then(
+        bot0, chatbot[0], chatbot[0]
+    )
+    msg[1].submit(user, [msg[1], chatbot[1]], [msg[1], chatbot[1]], queue=False).then(
+        bot1, chatbot[1], chatbot[1]
+    )
+    msg[2].submit(user, [msg[2], chatbot[2]], [msg[2], chatbot[2]], queue=False).then(
+        bot2, chatbot[2], chatbot[2]
+    )
+    msg[3].submit(user, [msg[3], chatbot[3]], [msg[3], chatbot[3]], queue=False).then(
+        bot3, chatbot[3], chatbot[3]
+    )
+    msg[4].submit(user, [msg[4], chatbot[4]], [msg[4], chatbot[4]], queue=False).then(
+        bot4, chatbot[4], chatbot[4]
+    )
 
 iface.launch()