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Protections to protect the airplane from pilots who make mistakes.
And to allow pilots to command manoeuvres up to the physical limits of the flight envelope without worrying about falling out of the sky, but that doesn't get brought up as often.
But Never was mentioned that pilots could be necessary to protect the airplane from FCS that would make mistakes as well.
It might not have been heavily publicised, but the procedures enabling a pilot to do so have been in the flight manual for as long as the aircraft has been around.