Litebulbs
The automatics in this event appear to have acted correctly and very quickly. They diagnosed a fault and disconnected automatic control. That is exactly what the system is designed to do. The human element then entered the loop, to diagnose what the problem was and take corrective action.
Well, if you are referring to the initial degradation of the DGFCS that dropped out the APLT, then true, but the pitch up, and of more concern the pitch down were grossly abnormal behavior of the FBW control system, and appear to have exceeded the normal gains in the flight control system. By a wide margin.
An A330 manually flown to a condition that invokes alpha protection does not react with that high a pitch rate, [caveat: at least in the simulator and from the flight test data of the aircaft used to derive the MQTG]
The crew input to the controls will not normally derive the rates that have occurred in this event, including dual inputs. I personally know the PIC of this aircraft, have done so for many years, and I would be surprised if the crew input was an issue.
Excessive gain has occurred in the FCS before... as while the controls are primarily a PID negative feedback system (including anti windup), they do have lookup tables for gains in relation to the proportional response signal. There is, as mentioned, no AI in the control system. gain issues have previously been involved with lateral control, which couple to yaw, and pitch.
Awaiting the final report....