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The AdS/CFT correspondence or gauge theory-gravity correspondence is one of the most beautiful results that string theory has produced. This correspondence relates theories with gravity and theories without gravity through interesting dualities. In this talk I will describe how such dualities can be tested using Monte Carlo simulations of strongly coupled gauge theories known as supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. Supersymmetric gauge theories can be simulated on a computer by discretizing them on a Euclidean spacetime lattice and using suitable algorithms. I will review the current status of the Monte Carlo simulations of supersymmetric gauge theories, which includes interesting insights into black holes and quantum gravity.