Update app.py

app.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def call_cohere_api(system_instruction, user_prompt):
     }
     
     # Append the word limit instruction
-    user_prompt += "\n\nAnswer in 100 words or fewer."
+    user_prompt += "\n\nAnswer in 200 words or fewer."
     
     payload = {
         "model": "command-r-plus",
@@ -76,23 +76,32 @@ with gr.Blocks() as demo:
             gr.Markdown("""# More Than Human Voices 🌳🪶
 *Conversations with the more-than-human world.*
 This interactive experience allows you to ask questions to non-human personas—trees, crows, fungi, rivers—each responding from their own unique ecological viewpoint.
-Rooted in poetic imagination but grounded in scientific truth, these voices offer insight into the living Earth and our entanglement with it.
+Rooted in poetic imagination but grounded in truth, these voices offer insight into the living Earth and our entanglement with it.
 """)
 
     with gr.Row():
-        persona1 = gr.Dropdown(personas, label="Choose First Persona", value="Tree")
-        persona2 = gr.Dropdown(personas, label="Choose Second Persona", value="Crow")
+        persona1 = gr.Dropdown(personas, label="Choose First Persona", value="Western human")
+        persona2 = gr.Dropdown(personas, label="Choose Second Persona", value="Fungal network")
 
+    # Question box with random question generator
     with gr.Row():
         user_input = gr.Textbox(label="Your Question to them", placeholder="e.g., What do you think of humans?", lines=2)
-        
+        random_button = gr.Button("🎲 Generate Random Question")
+
     with gr.Row():
-        random_button = gr.Button("Generate Random Question")
-        ask_button = gr.Button("Submit question")
+        ask_button = gr.Button("🌱 Submit Question")
 
+    # Textboxes that dynamically display the persona names
     with gr.Row():
-        output1 = gr.Textbox(label="Response from Persona 1")
-        output2 = gr.Textbox(label="Response from Persona 2")
+        output1 = gr.Textbox(label=f"{persona1.value} Responds")
+        output2 = gr.Textbox(label=f"{persona2.value} Responds")
+
+    # Update the labels when personas are selected
+    def update_labels(p1, p2):
+        return f"{p1} Responds", f"{p2} Responds"
+
+    persona1.change(fn=update_labels, inputs=[persona1, persona2], outputs=[output1, output2])
+    persona2.change(fn=update_labels, inputs=[persona1, persona2], outputs=[output1, output2])
 
     # Button events
     random_button.click(fn=get_random_question, inputs=[], outputs=[user_input])