I guess we are all saying the same thing here, but my point really was....it has nothing to do with the AP. The aircraft would be in the same trimmed condition as it would be if one were hand flying prior to the stick shaker/stick pusher sequence. (assuming that most of us don't fly around out-of-trim)
Of course had they been hand flying, then the onset of the airspeed loss would probably have been recognized, and we wouldn't be here discussing any of this.