Epistemologists warn that AI-mediated curiosity risks collapsing the distinction between knowing and merely possessing information. When AI answers every query instantly, it eliminates the cognitive dissonance and productive frustration that drive genuine intellectual growth. This epistemic paternalism reduces human agency, turning active truth-seekers into passive consumers of algorithmic assertions. Over time, this dependency erodes our capacity for critical doubt, leaving us vulnerable to simulated truths and structurally closed belief systems.