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If there is literally no possible future with dignity for all consciousnesses... that'd be pretty depressing.

Ian M. Bank's The Culture universe is such a future, which I think is attainble in a few millennia.

Powerful super-human AI minds will eventually and inevitably take over; which I think is fine provided they recognize all sentient beings as equals.

Equal how or in what regard?

Equal in a sense that every sentient being (silicon- or carbon-based) is considered a valuable part of society with the same fundamental rights of any other part.

My reading of the Culture novels is that the Minds basically regard the non-Minds in their society as pets or curiosities. The society itself is basically that of the Minds, as no other participants really have the capacity to interface with them on that level.

I have a different reading -- I see the Minds having a very strong moral imperative to give every sentient creature the best possible life, both in a material and psychological way. I see them more like very dedicated servants with god-like powers.

Basically no non-Minds were consulted in any meaningful fashion regarding the matter of handling the excession, at least as far as the text goes.

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