Just clarify as it seems some are finding this difficult.
AB pilots are quite rightly trained that the EFCS can be trusted in NORMAL LAW, to protect the A/C from stall. In the overwhelming majority of cases, (e.g. EGPWS), using the edge of the protection such as pulling full back without hesitation is precisely the right thing to do. In the TRTO that I work for we are at considerable pains to make sure crews understand that this is not effective in degraded scenarios.
BOAC
Your statement
You would never catch me just pulling back on the stick and trusting in the machine,
strongly suggests that you wouldn't be 'just getting on with it' as a correctly trained crew would in most GPWS scenarios, for example. I didn't use your exact quote to avoid the rather cumbersome multi-quoted post look. If you would never just pull back then your FO would be quite entitled (indeed duty bound) to take-over for you and pull back while you did whatever you were doing instead of 'just pulling back'.