Repository: pytorch
Issue: torch.where only accepts boolean tensor as condition deviating from np.where where you can also use binary input condition of dtype float
Labels: triaged,module: python array api

### 🐛 Describe the bug

`torch.where` function seems to deviate from `np.where` when it comes to handling the dtype of the condition used.
For instance, `torch.where` only accepts a tensor of dtype boolean otherwise it raises an error while numpy can handle an input condition of varying types, i.e. boolean, binary integer, binary float, etc.

Why to allow for the condition in `torch.where` to be of dtype float?
Given that the majority of (almost all inputs-outputs) programs in pytorch are of dtype float (excluding special cases for float16 in speed/sparsity applications) then this would make sense, IMHO.

Possible similar issue raised at #56300

![image](https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/assets/2902390/eceab0a0-51ab-4a82-a26f-09c05fd8e4fb)


### Versions

Collecting environment information...
PyTorch version: 2.1.0+cu121
Is debug build: False
CUDA used to build PyTorch: 12.1
ROCM used to build PyTorch: N/A

OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (x86_64)
GCC version: (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0
Clang version: 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
CMake version: version 3.27.9
Libc version: glibc-2.35

Python version: 3.10.12 (main, Nov 20 2023, 15:14:05) [GCC 11.4.0] (64-bit runtime)
Python platform: Linux-6.1.58+-x86_64-with-glibc2.35
Is CUDA available: False
CUDA runtime version: 12.2.140
CUDA_MODULE_LOADING set to: N/A
GPU models and configuration: Could not collect
Nvidia driver version: Could not collect
cuDNN version: Probably one of the following:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn.so.8.9.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_adv_infer.so.8.9.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_adv_train.so.8.9.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_cnn_infer.so.8.9.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_cnn_train.so.8.9.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_ops_infer.so.8.9.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcudnn_ops_train.so.8.9.6
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Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:        Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf:                 Mitigation; PTE Inversion
Vulnerability Mds:                  Vulnerable; SMT Host state unknown
Vulnerability Meltdown:             Vulnerable
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Vulnerability Retbleed:             Vulnerable
Vulnerability Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec store bypass:    Vulnerable
Vulnerability Spectre v1:           Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers
Vulnerability Spectre v2:           Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP: disabled, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Vulnerability Srbds:                Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort:      Vulnerable

Versions of relevant libraries:
[pip3] numpy==1.23.5
[pip3] torch==2.1.0+cu121
[pip3] torchaudio==2.1.0+cu121
[pip3] torchdata==0.7.0
[pip3] torchsummary==1.5.1
[pip3] torchtext==0.16.0
[pip3] torchvision==0.16.0+cu121
[pip3] triton==2.1.0
[conda] Could not collect
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