We can tell you didn’t read the article. It’s interesting if you do. The biggest contributor to this accident was the one copilot that panicked and held the control stick all the way back most of the way down. A serious design flaw of the Airbus is the stupid idea of averaging the control inputs rather than have a switch to select which pilot is in command. Pilots have come to rely on the computers so much they now need a panic button to press to force the computer to take over when they lose control of the airplane. A panic button could have prevented this crash.
No, I didn’t read the whole article, but I had previously read the accident investigation report and put more redibility in that. I also doubt that autopilot control could have fixed this problem as critical inputs apparently were lost already. Electronic systems work great when 100%, but never should be always trusted over the judgment of a well-trained pilot.
JC