The electronics provide an opposing force - which is physics. Auto pilot, yaw dampers - there are many, many electronic systems on an airplane that aim to use computers to provide counteractions to physical forces.

Physics will "win" only when the electronics fail or break down. Pilots typically can disconnect the electronics and just fly the plane manually - throttle, stick, pedals. I think the claim is that pilots weren't trained on this malfunction type, so didn't know how to react/what to disconnect.