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As long as you correctly anticipate that you will give the machine that order, and that it will carry it out as stated, that sounds right to me. I'll bite that bullet without further qualification. :) Same with the original question about the duplication machine.
I'd unpack the question "What is the probability that my consciousness will suddenly jump into the new body?" as "Of the agents that I currently know to have a mind-state identical to mine, what fraction of them will have an experience that feels like suddenly switching bodies?".
Actually, now that I think of it, you can construct diverging scenarios even in classic Sleeping Beauty. I'll write about it later.
And the problem with making that assessment is that, just like in the classic Sleeping Beauty problem, you have to factor for agents located in your personal future. Even if the copying is said to occur "instantly", in fact no process is completely instant. There will still be some time passed between the snapshot being taken and the copy being constructed.