VIDEO : An AI Joke Led To Elon Musk And Grimes' Relationship

Neilson Barnard/Getty Tech billionaire Elon Musk was accompanied by musician Grimes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala event Monday night. According to Page Six, the two are dating. Musk and Grimes hit it off on Twitter after bonding over artificial intelligence, in particular over a thought experiment involving the potential for robot retaliation. The two met on Twitter about a month ago because of a joke about AI, according to Page Six. The joke involves a thought experiment known as Roko's Basilisk, which posits the notion that AI will result in the end of the world as we know it.