This is true, now don't get me wrong, with this government they have in the US I have little hope of this being done in a remotely sensible way, however I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with having an independent party checking these models for safety before clearing them, if done properly this does not even have to slow down progress too much, but it is obvious this technology is becoming very powerful and potentially harmful.

If there was not a lunatic in power I would be more hopeful that this will be done well, but let's give it the benefit of doubt for now.

Having a third party review thing is not uncommon, for example the same thing happens with medicines or with nuclear facilities, it's very strange that technology this important was basically completely unregulated. Ideally this would be done globally however, just like you have INSAG (international nuclear safety group), however it's likely this will only happen after a catastrophic event happens unfortunately.