The quest to understand the quantum physics underlying all phenomena continues, and the origin and nature of gravity and spacetime itself is an exciting frontier. We must come to grips with their quantum description if we are to understand black holes, and the Big Bang that gave rise to the universe and ultimately to us. Recent progress has established the remarkable fact that models of quantum gravity needed to understand certain key aspects of black holes are captured by “random matrix” descriptions, in which spacetime emerges from more fundamental “matrix” building blocks. This talk will unpack some of these ideas and address the question of whether these results could one day lead us to say we’re living in The Matrix.