You must realize that your orchestra example doesn't apply here. What they did is clean-cut and simple removal of the gender bias. Provable. Compare this with

You must realize that your orchestra example doesn't apply here. What they did is clean-cut and simple removal of the gender bias. Provable. Compare this with what google is doing. It would be the equivalent of having orchestra candidates write an "original" tune on paper in 20 minutes and then talk about select topics in music theory and then submit that to a figure skating judge panel.