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Why would you believe that something is always the solution when you already have evidence that it doesn't always work?
Let's go to the object level: in the case of God, the fact that god is doing nothing is not evidence that Friendly AI won't work.
In the case of EY the supposed benevolent dictator, the fact that he is not doing any benevolent dictatoring is explained by the fact that he has many other things that are more important. That prevents us from learning anything about the general effectiveness of benevolent dictators, and we have to rely on the prior belief that it works quite well.
There are alternatives to monarchy, and an example of a disappointing monarch should suggest that alternatives might be worth considering, or at the very least that appointing a monarch isn't invariably the answer. That was my only point.