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Come to think of it, a related argument was made, poetically, in Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan knew everything, it did clearly change his utility function (he became less human) and he mentioned appreciating not knowing the future when Adrian blocked it with tacheons. Poetry, but something to think about it.
He referred to something along the lines of "the sensation of being surprised", if I recall it correctly. Would you choose to know everything, if you could, but then never having this sensation again?
Would you choose to never get sick, if you could, but then never having this sensation (of getting healthy) again?