Er, Tyro and USMC, if you re-read my post carefully and take note of the punctuation, use of italics and words I used (such as "effectively", and "I think of it like this...."); I think you'll find that's exactly what I was saying!
However, I have changed a word to hopefully make it clearer.
Tyro misses out the accelerometer feedbacks, which send commands to the flight control computers to keep the aircraft on the path you or the FMGS commanded. This is the part of the system that is always flying the plane with you, and is how the aircraft will try to correct for gusts etc. even when the autopilot is disconnected.